Method of preserving citrous fruits



' After the fruit is thus coated it UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DAVID A. WALKER, JR, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

METHOD OF PRESERVING CITR US FRUITS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 524,008, dated August 7, 1894. I

Application filed March 28, 1894. S ial No. 505,378. (No specimensl water. The ingredients forming this paste are to be thoroughly mixed in any convenient manner or vessel. The paste may be applied for instance by means of a brush or in any suitable manner, precaution being taken to throw out all unsound fruit and to free that which is to be used from adhering impurities. is allowed to dry.

fruit will be preserved in a perfectly natural state for sixty days or more, retaining all its juiciness, flavor and healthful substance so that it may be transported to distant markets with safety.

I am aware that pastes containing starch are not new and I am also aware that pastes have been applied as exterior coatings for meats, such as hams.

scribed. y

, DAVID'A. WALKER, JR.

Witnesses:

WM. M. THOMAS,

I J Os. G. BRUNSWICK.

By the use of the above composition the 

